Construction continues on the Shops at Nanuet on Tuesday. The open-air shopping center at the site of the former Nanuet Mall is getting ready for an Oct. 10 opening.

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With a little more than three weeks before its grand opening, the reconstruction effort at The Shops at Nanuet is in full swing.

The shopping area, originally built in 1969 as the Nanuet Mall, has been undergoing a major rebuilding project to transform itself as a draw to those living in Rockland County and beyond.

As he gave reporters a preview tour, Ryan Hidalgo, the shopping center's general manager, said he wouldn't characterize the new development as a typical shopping mall because of its open-air town-center style and because of the quality of its tenants. ...